refectory
Americannoun
PLURAL
refectoriesnoun
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Origin of refectory
1475–85; < Late Latin refectōrium, equivalent to Latin refec-, combining form of reficere to renew ( refect ) + -tōrium -tory 2
Example Sentences
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The oak refectory tables and benches, crafted by Robert "Mouseman" Thompson and featuring his trademark mice carvings, had been donated by former pupils.
From BBC
Access to the masterpiece housed inside the refectory of the Convent of Santa Maria delle Grazie resumed Tuesday after the second closure of the pandemic, starting in November and the fall virus resurgence.
From Washington Times
Some of the nuns considered administering beatings to be as routine as tending the horses or working in the refectory, they alleged.
From BBC
At the back, the master bedroom and the kitchen — grand and austere as a monastic refectory — sit on opposite sides of a glassed-in courtyard shaded by a soaring yvyrá-pytá tree.
From New York Times
The rock group played at the packed University of Leeds refectory on 14 February 1970 and recorded the gig.
From BBC
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